2.5 years of friendship before romance
Towns and his fiancée Jordan were strictly platonic friends for two and a half years before becoming a couple.
Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS: How I Survived the Hardest Year of My Life
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Jul 20, 2026
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At 42:19 · chapter starts 41:32
The energy lifts as Shetty asks about Jordan. Towns grins: they met over Uno in LA, with a mutual friend called Chucky. He beat her every time. He declines to comment on whether she's beaten him since. They were nothing more than friends for two and a half years — no romance, just genuine affection and shared energy. That friendship foundation, Towns argues, is what makes the relationship durable in a world where an NBA player dating a Hollywood figure 'doesn't seem like a recipe that works.' [1] — Karl-Anthony Towns "Karl-Anthony Towns met his fiancée Jordan over Uno in LA. He beat her every time, they were strictly friends for two and a half years, and …" 41:33 She's taught him that boundaries don't have to be aggressive — they can be safe and mutual. He's taught her to bring her inner child back: they have lightsaber fights in the toy aisle at Target and take laps around the store with her in the shopping cart. 'We don't have to act older because we met older,' he says.
How They Met — Over Uno
Karl-Anthony Towns met his fiancée Jordan over Uno in LA. He beat her every time, they were strictly friends for two and a half years, and now they're getting married. The foundation was friendship — and that, Towns says, is exactly what makes it work.
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